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Super Welterweight World Champion Erislandy Lara Scores Fourth-Round Knockout Victory over Yuri Foreman
MIAMI (January 14, 2017) – Super welterweight world champion Erislandy Lara (24-2-2, 14 KOs) continued his reign as one of the top 154-pounders in the world and delivered a sensational knockout of former world champion Yuri Foreman (34-3, 10 KOs) […]
It’s Official: Canelo vs. Chavez Jr. set for Saturday, May 6 Presented Live by HBO Pay-Per-View
LOS ANGELES (Jan. 13, 2017) – In a historic showdown that will rival the biggest fights in the history of Mexico’s proud boxing lineage, two-division world champion and Pay-Per-View star Canelo Álvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) will take on former WBC […]
Badou Jack: We’ll know who the best super middleweight is after Saturday night
BROOKLYN (January 11. 2017) – Fight week activities officially began today with media workouts at the brand new Gleason’s Gym in Brooklyn before the super middleweight title unification showdown between Badou Jack and James DeGale that headlines action this Saturday, […]
Lara: I plan on putting on a show and making a statement to the boxing world
MIAMI (January 11, 2017) – Super welterweight world champion Erislandy Lara and former world champion Yuri Foreman met face to face Wednesday as they hosted the final press conference before they enter the ring in the main event of Premier […]
Miguel Cotto: We’re going to work for James Kirkland
NEW YORK, NY – (January 6, 2017) – Five-Time World Champion Miguel Cotto (40-5, 33 KOs) and James “Mandingo Warrior” Kirkland (32-2, 28 KOs) participated in a media tour with stops in New York City and Los Angeles to address […]
A Blast from the Past 1958 Part Three
A major difference between 1958 and the present time was the absence of any world sanctioning bodies. The only organisation with any pretence to that status was the National Boxing Association. It had been founded in 1921 by representatives from […]
A Blast from the Past- 1958 Part 2
In part one I set the scene for the state of boxing in 1958 and briefly covered a few of the differences between the sport then and now so I would like to touch on few more. One of the […]
1958 A Blast from the past Part 1
I occasionally get someone asking me about how I started to write about boxing and although I can’t recall when I first wrote I can recall approximately when I first began to compile records of current boxers and that was […]
Barrera taunts Pascal “Did my KO of Shabranskyy scare you?”
Fresh off of his crushing 7th round knockout of the previously unbeaten Vyacheslav Shabranskyy, top rated light heavyweight contender Sullivan “Sully B” Barrera has his next victim in mind. The former amateur standout from Cuba wants to avenge his countryman […]
It’s Official: Miguel Cotto vs. James Kirkland Showdown Set for February 25
NEW YORK, NY (December 19, 2016) – Roc Nation Sports and Miguel Cotto Promotions are pleased to announce that Five-Time World Champion Miguel Cotto (40-5, 33 KOs) will return to the ring on Saturday, February 25, 2017 when he takes […]
